blunderbuss

n. 老式的大口径短枪, 蠢才

发音

UK /ˈblʌn.dəˌbʌs/
US /ˈblʌn.dɚˌbʌs/
AU

词形变化

blunderbusses 复数 blunderbusses blunderbussed blunderbusses 三单 blunderbussing blunderbussing 现在分词 blunderbussed 过去式 blunderbussed 过去分词

别名

blunderbush

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An old style of muzzleloading firearm and early form of shotgun with a distinctive short, large caliber barrel that is flared at the muzzle, therefore able to fire scattered quantities of nails, stones, shot, etc. at short range.

    雷筒

    雷管

v.
  1. 1.

    To shoot with a blunderbuss.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

部分词 1

词源

From Dutch donderbus (“blunderbuss”, literally “thunder gun”), which was altered under the influence of blunder.

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